Less expected than yesterday’s Snowy Egret in Stearns Co. – but WAY more expected than today’s Sage Thrasher in St. Louis Co. – was a Snowy Owl in Stearns Co. this morning, perched on a fencepost along westbound I-94 between MN 15 and the next overpass to the west (labeled on Google Maps as 260th St.).
I got off the freeway at the next exit, doubled back via back roads, and was able to view the owl from CR 6 about 300 yards east of its intersection with the north arm of CR 137 – I parked in a little pull-off and looked SSW towards I-94. Anyway, the bird was still there when I left at around 0835, being harassed by a Red-winged Blackbird. Phil Chu Department of Biology St. John’s University Collegeville, MN 56321 ---- Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html
